Recalls

CONSUMER

July 20, 1995

Products recalled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission:

Product: Baseball Training Centers, model No. 2875, made by Fisher-Price Inc. of East Aurora, N.Y. Fisher-Price has sold 100,000 of the toys nationwide for about $35. The toy is 3 feet high, 3 feet wide and 15 inches deep, with a blue plastic base and a white mesh net. It comes with a brown plastic bat and five white plastic baseballs. Children hit or throw baseballs into the net and the balls are returned by a mechanism in the toy's base.

-- Problem: The batteries that power the mechanism can overheat and explode, causing injuries to skin of eyes. Five incidents have been reported, with one minor injury resulting.

-- What to do: Turn off the toy and call Fisher-Price Consumer Affairs at 1-800-355-8882 to request a free repair kit. The kit contains a part that prevents the battery from overheating. Fisher-Price also is instructing retailers to pull the product off the shelves and to replace it with an improved version.

-- Product: Car battery chargers made by Century Manufacturing of Minneapolis, Minn., and sold by Sears, Roebuck and Co. Between January 1992 and December 1994, Sears sold hundreds of thousands of the chargers, model numbers 934.716140, 934.716150 and 934.716200, for $50 to $80. Model numbers are located on the front of the chargers.

-- Problem: Consumers could receive an electrical shock from a fine strand of wire that may protrude from the power cord plug. No injuries have been reported.

-- What to do: Stop using the product immediately and bring it to a Sears Service Center. If it is defective, Sears will replace it. For help finding the nearest Sears Service Center, call 1-800-488-1222. For help identifying the right product models, call Century Manufacturing at 1-800-678-1984